The manager of a 200-year-old World Heritage site has warned that it could be closed to the public and fall into disrepair if ...

was a familiar sound for the residents of Port Arthur in Australia’s island state of Tasmania. The place was once known for being a penal settlement, where convicts were transported to by the ...

Do you know if Tasmania was settled mainly by convicts and their guards or was it settled by free settlers? Tasmania is a beautiful though harsh land! It's History is replete with crime ...

The Tasmanian replica tall ship, based on a 1800s ship pivotal to Hobart's colonial settlement, set sail with an all-female crew to celebrate this weekend's International Women's Day.

Inland from Tasmania's picturesque east coast sits the small town of Fingal. Even by Tasmanian standards, it's relatively rural, with forested hills to the north and south, paddocks to the east ...

For more than 100 years visitors to Hobart’s Playhouse Theatre have kept warm through heated oil running through pipes under ...

Harsh punishments were used to ensure convicts in the colony followed the rules. Those who broke rules would be flogged with 25, 50 or even 100 lashes. In Port Arthur, Tasmania, convicts were ...